Chicago woman quarantined in airplane bathroom for 3 hours after testing positive for Covid-19 mid-flight

Cnn ^ | 12/31/2021 | Sara Smart and Jeevan Ravindran

[ChicagoConservative27]

CNN) — After a woman tested positive for Covid-19 midflight, the bathroom became her seat for the next few hours. Marisa Fotieo was on an Icelandair flight from Chicago to Reykjavik, Iceland, on December 19, en route to her final destination of Switzerland with her brother and father.

[Libloather]

I bet that seat left a mark.

[MinorityRepublican]

Did she take a PCR test afterwards?

[PilotDave]

So, she’s such a hypochondriac that she carries a supply of covid tests with her in her purse... I wonder how many tests she has given herself?

[mewzilla]

Speaking of tests, get a load of this...

They are sending people home who have the common cold. Human Coronavirus 229E is the common cold. Link

[Antihero101607]

That detail was unfortunately not provided. And I believe this happened December 20th. Upon landing she had to go into quarantine, so I think it’s reasonable to come to the conclusion that she was. The outcome of that test is to the best of my knowledge unknown.

𝘍𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘪𝘬𝘛𝘰𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰, 𝘍𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 “𝘗𝘖𝘝: 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘖𝘝𝘐𝘋 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯.”

𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘍𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘖𝘋𝘈𝘠 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘰 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

[moovova]

"Shove this as far up your nose as you can, honey. Then give it an extra ummph. I'll be right back to collect it and give you the results."

[dragnet2]

What do they expect? The airlines seed the planet with all kinds of bad stuff.

[V K Lee]

And how do you quarantine in the loo, with no seat belt?
Suspenders?

TI:
LOL the roof? There was no rope, no rocking chair, not even
a cage.Unsure if the referral was to NL “VACATION” or
Romney’s trips across America. Whatever, still funny and
odd. :-)

[mewzilla]

Here’s a question for Illinois public health officials: Does IL count a result that is positive for HCoV-229E (a human coronavirus that causes one form of the common cold) as a case of CoupFlu?

Inquiring minds want to know...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It’s the insane hypochondriacs who are the real threat.

[toddausauras]

It’s potentially better than a seat in economy depending on the plane. No other people, running water etc ...I often want to stay in airplane bathrooms as long as possible. Now, if you’re in first class that’s different

[Reno89519]

Yes,how and why tested mid-flight? Was this the plan?